Belt-reel.



J. ALEXANDER.

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BELT REEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4, 1913.

2 paovide e reel for qui JULIAN ALEXANTJER,

GF HLADELPEIA, PENNSYLVANA.

Patented Aug'. @511913.

Il, i913. Seal No. WE1-235.

To @ZZ @7.7mm z'' may @f3-naam Be 1t known that JUMAN i'izxfm'miia, o Citizen of the Unit i States, y: idmg m Phiiadeiphia, Pennsylvanie.. nef/'e invented Certain Improvements 1n 'eft-Reeis, of

which the {eHow-sii s e specification.

,..fy invention reldtes to the Winding 1 rolling' of beits or the iiiie.

xe minet object of my d other advent Des the foiiowi'og speeiea.- e oilowing manner, refto 'the accompanying tion. ott-ein m erenee being drawings in which,

Figue l, is side eievetimi of my invev in the position tion showing the eiemen occupied when a beit is being wound; Fig. 2, is e View similar Fig'. '1 but showing the elements in motief pos'ioo; Fig. 3. is a sectional eievation tai .n 1e line fo--o Fig.` Fie. is fm eelelge3 1 gmentzuy' sectional View taken on the line l--Zv Fig. 3. Fig. 5, is en inverted seei teken on the line e-c @nel sian View 6? is an enlarged fregmentaij; View of a, 'gert of my' invention; and Fig. 7, is au enlarged section of e wheel bushing which I employ.

Referring te the drawings, l sind supooyting stauideirds Whebe f 2 zure eeiiled to the ioei and efe efleL wi' 'lily eolieh ds, The iovers f3 endie 8a and o y i e socket or open 11e. T3 .-viiieh sets a bearing for an :wie or sii-ri.. 'ne @ce of erich yoke Iportion is .'tii e. 'ioting lip Emi). leves l ,is provided with e abutment portion 8 "i ti ese abutment potions :are adopted to aespeeti. iv engage stops 9 end 10 foln'ied on eael o the standards l and when the handles .51.1" m Ted into the respective positions as shown 1n Flgs. l and 2.

and hub i5. The hubs l5 moybesecured to the seid shaft 7 by menus of set seiiews o? keys out any Weil Known forni Wil uiiow the said hubs to be moved d ii'iaiiy dong the shaft Y :uid iii any position desired. n causes heavy belt is to be Wound or anyotmie when it yis desired to stlengt'lieiji feel, l insert a sleeve or bushing; 22 so t he leiter mil tend to bind. and secure me hubs et the wheels toffether. The said Y t:

.Cushing may be allowed to rotate on the shaft o1' can be seeured thereto and the entire shaft be allowed to rotate Within the sockets 6. Spacing bolts 16 pass tiu'ough and are secured to respective spokes of each Wheel. A Winding Core 17 is preferabiy made from e strip of metallic material and is shaped into e substantially eireuiar form in such a, manner.' that its free ends overlap and are slightly spaced apart as Clearly shown in Figs. l, 3 and 4. The core 17 is heid in the position just described by means of the spokes 13 which :1re pressed against the, edges 1.8 and 19 by the action of the boit-s 16.

A pulley 2O is secured to the wheel 12 by means of staple bolts 21 which bind the spokes 1.3 and the said idley 20. I have. shown e. .geom/'ed puiley in the piesent i11- stance, but it Wi be understood that a puid Eej; or driving means of type may be eliqfoyed 'nd 'that it .may be attached to eiiieor both o the wheels if desired.

The diuietes of the 'wheeis l1 and i2 are eous and :zure suoi that, when the ievers A opexetiom 01;' my me-ation is oi:

seid abutment portions 8 and stops aieduown into the position. shown in F the Meis w'i bodily on, the ii y/ be relied the'eo., it will tie ,tieed dat sockets are in such a; p ,ion as to ii'ow the sii to move out mi. wey thererom when m the position uti-mtl end ot the belt .is then inserted within the space between the overlapped ends of the metal core 17 as clearly shown in Figs. and Ll, and motion is imparted through the medium of' the pulley 20 and Wheels ll and 1Q to the core 17, and the/belt is Wound en the latter due to the fact that the overlapping ends of the core 17 form a clamp for the end of the belt which `is inserted therebetween. After the belt has been wound, the tree end may be clamped to the ivound portion oit the belt by a clamp et any construction and the handles 3 are moved .seas to actuate and move the levers 3 into the position as shown inllig. 2, and the beltin its ivoundstate may be rolle to any place desired on the Wheels ll and 12. ll it is desired to remove the belt :trom the Wheels for storage purposes the same may be done by removing the bolts i6 and separating the wheels ll and l2. The core i7 may be allowed to remain within the belt or it may be slipped, therefrom as desired. The lips 5a are so arranged. that they will prevent the shatt 7 from slipping out of the sockets 6 when. the mechanism is being lifted from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. l. The Wheels l1 and l2, in addition to serving as a means of conveyance act 'as fly Wheels and .thereby tend to proc nce an even rotation during the Winding of a belt.

lily invention is particularly serviceable when handling belts of large sizes in which the weight of the wound belt is too heavy to be easily handled by men, and is also useful when making belts and in testing 'the same, as the proper tension vmay be at tained by means ot my mechanism and when the portions of the belt have been either tested or completed the same may be directly Wound thus not necessitating reliandling as is noW the general practice. Also with my'invention belts may be wound in the proper ormand they will be com-. pact and' even.

l claim l. A belt reel comprising a rotatable core Wheels secured to the core; an. axle for the wheels; supporting standards; members movably mounted on the support-ing standards and having open bearings 'formed therein 'ter supporting the arie; and means lmounted on. the standards nearing lor me said axle, said levers being ,for raising and lowering said axle supporting members.

2. fr belt reel comprising a rotatable core; `Wheels secured to said core; an axle for the Wheels; lsupporting standards; with levers mdvably" mounted on said standards and' having open. bearings 'termed therein 'for supporting said axle, said levers being operable to raise and lower the arie.

A. belt reel comprising a rotatable core; Wheels secured to the rotatable core; an. aide for the Wheels; supporting standards mounted on the door; and levers movably and forming a movable to bring the Wheels into and out of contact With the ztloor d. A belt reel comprising a rotatable core; Wheels secured to the core; a pulley secured to the Wheels; an axle lor the Wheels; sup

porting standards mounted. onfthe floor; levers pivotally secured to the supporting standards and being provided with sockets and lifting lips, said axle being adapted to engage said sockets; and handles on said levers whereby the levers are moved to lower or raise, the said axle and to move the Wheels into and out of Contact with the floor, said lips acting to hold the axle Within the sockets during the said raising movement.

5. A. belt reel comprising a rotatable core; Wheels secured to the core; a pulley secured to the wheels: an axle for the Wheels; supporting standards mounted on the door; levers pivotally seeured'to the support-ing standards and provided with sockets, said. axle being adapted to engage said sockets; handles on said levers whereby the levers lare moved to lower or raise the said axle and to move the wheels into -and out of con* tact with the floor; stops on said support ing standards; and abutment members on said levers, said abutment members being positioned to contact with the respective stops on the supporting standards to prevent the 4wheels, from contacting with the said floor during the Winding of a belt.

t3. A. belt reel comprising a rotatable core having a space :tor the insertion of the end ot the belt; Wheels secured to the said core; an axle for the Wheels; supporting standa arde; levers movably mounted on said standards and forming a sup ort tor said axle; and means for moving te said levers to move the said Wheels into or out of con-- tact with the door.

7'. A belt reel comprising a rotatable strip core having overlapping ends and a'space between the said overlapped ends Vto2 the insertion of the end oit a belt; Wheels; spacing bolts securing the said Wheels and the core; an axle for the Wheels.; supporting standards mounted on, the door; levers pivotaily connected to the supporting stand- In testimony whereof, I have, signed my ards and having bearings' formed therein name to this specification, in the presence for the reception of said axle; a pulley seof two subscribing witnesses.

cured to said Wheels; and means for actuat- JULIAN ALEXANDER. ing said levers to move the said axle and thereby move the wheels into `amd out of Contact with the oor.

Witnesses AUGUSTUS B. CoPPEs, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

